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There's always someone who doesn't know all the dictionary meanings of "magic." From Google's copy of the Oxford English dictionary:

- a quality that makes something seem removed from everyday life, especially in a way that gives delight.

- something that has a delightfully unusual quality.

- very effective in producing results, especially desired ones.

- (informal, British) wonderful; exciting.

So it doesn't tick any of those boxes expect maybe half of the first? Sounds like it's literally not magic.

I'd say all of them but YMMV.

When was the last time quantum physics sparked delight in a member of the general public? Sorry, let me rephrase: has there even been a first time?

I'm a member of the general public and it's done that lots of times for me.

Besides that, "member of the general public" isn't part of Oxford's definitions. If the "magic" commenter above is a professional quantum physicist, that doesn't invalidate their feelings about this. If you're more jaded, that doesn't make your own feelings more valid or authoritative.

In any case, this is getting a bit tedious and silly.

Is anything? Or is there a possibility they didn't intend for an implicit "literally" to placed in there?

It's fair to say "sufficiently advanced technology".

why take it literally